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Tamarindus 

Large glabrate tree. Leaves 1-paripinnate; leafstalk eglandular; leaflets 9-15 pairs, broadly oblong, emarginate; stipules about 3/8" long, caducous. Inflorescence(s) intercalary racemes, few-flowered, pendent, about 4" long; bracteoles well developed, enclosing flower in bud, caducous. Calyx separate from 4 pinkish sepals that are reflexed or caducous; corolla irregular, 3 petals, pinkish (yellow and red-striate), about ½" long, marginally crinkled; androecium of 7 functional stamens, basally monadelphous. Legume subsessile, indihiscent, persistent, oblong, straight or curved, laterally compressed to subterete, initially succulent, becoming dry, brittle or coriaceous. Seeds few. Africa. (ISE)

Plants listed in the manual include:

Tamarindus indica

 

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